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The Unfaithfulness of Contemporary Israel

Therefore[a] I again bring a lawsuit against you,” declares[b] Yahweh,
    “and with your children[c] I bring a lawsuit.
10 For go over to the coasts of Cyprus and look,
    and send to Kedar and consider very closely,
    and see if there has been a thing like this:
11 Has a nation exchanged gods? And they are not gods!
    But my people have exchanged their glory for that which does not profit.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 2:9 Literally “To thus”
  2. Jeremiah 2:9 Literally “a declaration of”
  3. Jeremiah 2:9 Literally “sons of your sons”

“Therefore I bring charges(A) against you again,”
declares the Lord.
    “And I will bring charges against your children’s children.
10 Cross over to the coasts of Cyprus(B) and look,
    send to Kedar[a](C) and observe closely;
    see if there has ever been anything like this:
11 Has a nation ever changed its gods?
    (Yet they are not gods(D) at all.)
But my people have exchanged their glorious(E) God
    for worthless idols.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 2:10 In the Syro-Arabian desert